Required & Recommended Materials for “Neon Wings!”
AN Acrylic Painting Workshop with Gigi Chen
Gigi’s Neon Wings Materials List:
Heavy Body Acrylic - Suggested Brand: Golden or Utrecht Heavy Body Acrylic
Suggested Colors:
Cadmium Yellow,
Chromium Oxide Green
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue Cadmium
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Payne's Gray
Mars Black
Light Magenta
Titan Buff
Titanium White
Note: You DO NOT need every color on this list. I will have all these colors on hand.
Brushes:
Use what makes you feel comfortable! I like soft synthetic brushes in a variety of sizes in flats, rounds and filberts. We are doing a relatively small painting, so I suggest bringing smaller round and filbert brushes for details.
My Preferred Brands: Princeton Velvet Touch, Princeton Selects, Princeton Lauren, & Silver Crystal Series
Surface:
● Size: 9 x 12 inches
You can use any size you feel comfortable with. I am using 9 x 12 to fit the time allotted for the class. My reference photos will be sized to 9 x 12. If you want to use a different size, please reach out in advance and I will make you sized print outs.
● Thick Paper, Gesso board, wood panel or canvas. I will be working on a wood panel during the workshop.
Note: If working on a panel, make sure that it is pre-gessoed and ready to be painted on.
Other Materials:
● Wet Palette or palette paper pad for mixing paint *
https://www.dickblick.com/products/masterson-sta-wet-palette-seal/
● Palette Knife - Plastic or metal
● Painting clothes, apron or shirt to protect clothing.
● I will provide a reference photo that we will paint as a class.
Wet Palette Materials:
Plastic container with lid, Parchment paper, Cellulose sponge (*You can make our own Wet Palette by following along with this video, yet yours should be a bit larger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFxMLawIS4)
Manor Mill will provide water cups, paper towels, pencils & erasers, supplemental brushes & small plastic palettes, some stand up & table top easels. You are also welcome to bring your own easels.
Light snacks and freshly roasted & brewed coffee will be available during your workshop!